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| University of Wisconsin Stevens Point |
Migrating birds live mostly in Central and South America where they compete with local birds for territory. They fly to North America each spring to nest where they might find more food for their hungry young.
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| Common name | Scientific name |
| Broad-winged hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| Franklin's gull | Larus pipixcan |
| Common tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Chimney swift | Chaetura pelagica |
| Ruby-throated hummingbird | Archilochus colubris |
| Barn swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Swainson's thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
| Solitary vireo | Vireo solitarius |
| Red-eyed vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Black-and-white warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| Golden-winged warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| Tennessee warbler | Vermivora peregrina |
| Nashville warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla |
| Magnolia warbler | Dendroica magnolia |
| Black-throated green warbler | Dendroica nigrescens |
| Black-throated blue warbler | Dendroica caerulescens |
| Blackburnian warbler | Dendroica fusca |
| Bay-breasted warbler | Dendroica castanea |
| Palm warbler | Dendroica palmarum |
| American redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Baltimore oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Scarlet tanager | Piranga olivacea |
| Rose-breasted grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |